Show DEEPEST WELLS While aVIators al aie e breaking records for heIght oil men are breaking recoils for depth wIth the further dIfference however that in the latter case the descent IS made by dulling drIlling tools and pipes instead of men themselves One of the deepest holes ever drIlled into the earth completed as s an oIl producer In Reagan county Texas reached a depth of feet or about one and fIve eIghths mIles It produced about barrels of oil a day Other deep holes include one in Orange county CalIf feet WhICh was a faIlure a gas well near Ligonier Pa feet and anda a small producing oil well m in the Rosecrans fIeld of CalIfornia feet deep BesIdes opening up a vast fIeld for deeper drillIng the Texas well wIll make a contrIbutIon to educatIon the royalty of of all the oil produced being owned by the University one one- of Texas which has already receIved more than ten million dollars from Its oil land holdings When It IS recalled that the fIrst producing oil well in the United States drIlled near TItusville Pa in 1859 was only 34 feet deep the amaZIng advance made by the industry SInce that time may be better appreciated A contemporary suggests that a woman shedding tears the fIrst practIcal waterpower development was 1 In In spite of our depleted forests there is never any shortage of umber for or new Federal bureaus Most people think they can sing and no one seems more permanently sold on the idea than Mme Ganna We have a constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness but no guarantee t that we shall ever catch up with it |